Week of 7/16-7/20

Monday: 10-4
Tuesday: 10-4
Wednesday: 10-4
Thursday: 10-4
Friday: 10-4
Total: 30 hours

Monday
I spent much of my day contacting people in various ways about information for the tournament. I started to receive information about who should be invited to the honored guests ceremony at the tournament. I began to compile a list of these individuals and the addresses where they could be reached. I also made phone calls to different ice companies to find out the price of ice for the tournament. I worked on the event handbook as much as I could with the information I had. I also contactd an individual from the PGA tour about an opportunity to gain publicity for the tournament at the PGA tournament.

Tuesday:
My supervisor emailed me a list of people to find to invite to the Honored guest ceremony. This list included the Mayors of the City of St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Fort Pierce, Stuart, and Palm City; the commissioners of both St. Lucie County and Martin County, and the State senators from the area. I spent most of the day finding the names of these individuals and the addresses where the invitations they can be sent. I also spoke with one of the athletes about her flight plans. I spoke with an individual from the USGA about objects they will be donating to the tournament. In addition, I began to draft a letter as an invitation to the individuals to be invited to the honored guests ceremony and sent it to my supervisor to look over.

Wednesday:
My supervisor sent me the letter for the invitations with his suggestions on how to make it better. I also began to make calls about gifts to different companies in the Port. St. Lucie Area. I was not very successful in the endeavor, one of the companies we have used in the past proved very difficult to find. I spoke with an individual from another company which we have used before, and they were supposed to get back to me with some information, but did not, so I will have to try again next week. We need to order placques and special order Frames for gifts to Our sponsors. When I had difficulty contacting the frame store, I searched for a website or an email, and was successful. There was no website for me to visit, however there was an email. I emailed the individual from the store, and have not yet heard back, so I began searching for other companies to order from.

Thursday:
I did some more work on the event handbook, and did more research looking for companies in the St. Lucie Area for Picture Frames and Plaques as gifts to the tournament sponsors and committee members.

Friday:
I went to the storage facility to retrieve all of the caddie bibs, hats, and pin flags. I did an inventory on all of those items to find out how many we will need to order for the tournament. I also began to research gifts for the tournament committee. I was using the invoices from years past to find out what kind of presents we ordered then, and searched for presents in the same price range.

I had more to do this week, however, there were times that there did not seem to be enough to do to fill an entire workday. The problem is that a lot of my work depends on whether or not other people send in what they are supposed to send in, and if they don't, I might not have much to do, and as with many organizations, most people wait until the last minute to send things in. As we get closer to next week, we should become ever so much busier, as the deadline for turning in registration packets is July 30th.

I did meet my goals for last week in that I did get to make some phone calls and do some pricing for items for the tournament. I also got to do some work on the event handbook, putting letters from different organizations into the book.

My goals for this week is to start preparing for registration and following up on event logistics, including volunteers and equipment.

Internship: Wild Dunes, Charleston, SC

Shadowing experience: Property Management.
My second shadowing experience was with Property Managment at the resort. Property management is responsible for maintaining all of the Homes on the property that are used as room inventory at the resort. The way this works is that homeowners within Wild Dunes allow the resort to use their vacation home as part of the room inventory at the resort while they are not staying in the house. As a result, Wild Dunes maintains all of these homes and makes basic repairs as needed. The homeowner makes a profit from this arrangment at the end of the year.

Homes are given certain ratings depending on their interior and how well the owners have maintained and updated appliances as the years have gone by. All of this determines the price that is charged for renting the home/condo per week/day.

I was given the opportunity to ride along with the head of property management at the resort Sue Aldrich, and view some of the houses that are used by Wild Dunes property managment. I was also given the opportunity to help turn-down one of the houses. This included collecting dirty linens/towels, cleaning bathrooms and the kitchen, washing all dishes, mopping floors, making up beds, etc.

This was a beneficial experience for me, I got to see what goes into making these homes look the way they do, and how the resort rates homes to determine what will be charged for renting the home.